If inciting an insurrection towards their own government is an action without legal repercussions, I don’t see how the law would be less lenient about straight up firing a gun at an opponent.

I by no means want any party to resolve to violent tactics. So even though I play with the thought, I really don’t want anything like it to happen. I am just curious if it’s actually the case that a sitting president has now effectively a licence to kill.

What am I missing?

  • @Maggoty
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    395 months ago

    Bring his own gun? Unofficial act. Have the DOJ black bag his opponent and rendition him to a CIA camp in Saudi Arabia? Official act and immune.

    • @Veneroso
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      135 months ago

      You just need to pull the “it was in the best interest of the United States” card and it’s an official act.

      • @xenoclast
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        45 months ago

        Well then why hasn’t he done it… I can’t think of something of a more positive interest than to dump trump down a hole.

        • @problematicPanther
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          75 months ago

          because biden (and the democratic party in general) are a bunch of cowards who think that they will prevail simply by taking the high road. Fascism was never defeated by strongly worded speeches or political actions, it always took blood.

          • @xenoclast
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            15 months ago

            You are right. They really live in a fantasy land.

      • @IphtashuFitz
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        25 months ago

        It’s not currently in the best interest.

        IF Trump wins the election then it would be in the best interests of the US. It would be akin to a judge throwing out a juries verdict because the jury clearly made the wrong decision.

    • @[email protected]
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      65 months ago

      I think the Secret Service detail assigned to Trump might have a problem with that. I think Biden killing Trump or canceling the election would be a gift to the Republicans that they don’t need. One can dream though.

      • @Maggoty
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        35 months ago

        So does Biden. The two parties are much closer than they make it seem.

        • @[email protected]
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          35 months ago

          Biden didn’t sell classified documents to the Saudis. The Saudis didn’t purchase an entire floor in Biden Tower.

          • @Maggoty
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            15 months ago

            I didn’t say he did. I just said he has allies in Saudi Arabia.